Business and Partnerships Manager

Want to help change how the world is fed?

Higher Steaks was founded to transform the global food system by making delicious and nutritious food – from animal cells and plants. We are pioneering the development of cultivated meat to solve some of the world’s growing challenges in health, sustainability and animal welfare. We’re a purpose, science and engineering-driven company dedicated to creating breakthrough technologies that will push the boundaries of what’s possible – delivering innovations that benefit people, the planet and animals.

Our brilliant team are experts in their respective fields, drawn from around the world. We’re passionate, curious, innovative and at the forefront of the ground-breaking work being done in this exciting and rapidly growing sector. Higher Steaks is a well-funded biotech company; we’ve experienced spectacular growth over the last few years and continue to accelerate every month.

We expect to be tripling our headcount this year so this is a great time to join us and solve one of the most important challenges we face today!

The role

As we continue to push towards the commercialisation of our cultivated meat products, it’s critical that we are constantly identifying, developing and maintaining a broad range of strategic partnerships and business opportunities. As our Business and Partnerships Manager, you’ll support the implementation of our commercialisation strategy and support the delivery of our key milestones.

You’ll be comfortable working at the intersection of biotechnology and food innovation – working closely with our internal commercial team, academia and external industries. You’ll also work closely with our other teams, supporting business development activities, building and maintaining partnerships, and supporting how we negotiate and secure commercial contracts.

Your passion, enthusiasm and connections will make a valuable contribution to our innovative R&D work and you’ll thrive on the opportunity of playing a key role in how we take a cultured meat product to market on a commercial scale and create a pioneering, world-renowned brand.

Our main facility is based in Cambridge, UK, but this role has the flexibility to be partly remote. This will also be a role where international travel will be required from time to time.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the development of a high-impact partnerships strategy to ensure technical milestones are met in our research labs
• Working closely with our Head of Strategic Partnerships & our Business Development team to maintain relationships with key external stakeholders
• Identifying and helping develop our partnerships so that we have a broad range of outstanding channels to market and the revenue generation opportunities we need to ensure sustained growth
• Supporting the negotiation of contracts and agreements so that we maintain positive and mutually beneficial relationships with our commercial customers
• Conducting market analysis, to identify gaps and opportunities within the alternative protein sector
• Analysing and presenting data to key stakeholders on the development of ongoing relationships and future opportunities
• Building relationships with academia to support our R&D activity.
• Contributing to the management and progress tracking of internal projects

What we think you need:

• Bachelor’s or post-graduate degree in Life Sciences (or related discipline)
• High comfort levels working across multiple industries and the wider academic community
• The ability to thrive in an interdisciplinary, diverse team and efficiently execute highly complex projects
• Some experience in business building, defining commercial propositions, developing competitive positioning
• Passion for our work and the ability to persuasively articulate the Higher Steaks mission to a range of audiences
• Alignment with our company values.
• Understanding of evaluating and negotiating commercial contracts
• Familiarity with legal documents and working with legal colleagues
• The ability to respond positively to unplanned events in a fast-changing environment
• Excellent communication, numeracy, and English language skills (both written and verbal)
• Exceptional organisational skills and acute attention to detail
• Track record of showing initiative and problem-solving

We’d love it if you also have:

• Additional post-graduate scientific experience or qualifications, such as a PhD in Life Sciences or a related discipline
• Strong project management skills
• Experience in or exposure to the start-up/scale-up world, such as a start-up operations role or Venture investing in early-stage technology companies or experience working for a global consultancy firm

Reward

Alongside a competitive base salary all our people get these benefits:

• Share options
• Flexible hours
• 28 days annual leave
• Enhanced parental leave pay
• Cycle-to-work scheme and gym membership
• "Make your work life easier" annual stipend
• Quizzes and other fun team activities
• Snacks, fruits, tea, coffee and more!

Closing date for applications: 16th December 2022-but please apply sooner as we will interview good candidates as we see them.

Higher Steaks recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, disability, age, and other protected status as required by applicable law. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by incumbents assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the functions, responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position, and HigherSteaks Limited retains the discretion to modify.